Bodies found at Blackwater pool

The Central Highlands Regional Council says they were aware of a couple of memorial plaques in the vicinity of the new Blackwater aquatic centre development, which is why they initially called in experts to investigate further.

Mayor Peter Maguire says it appears the grounds are an old cemetery.

"We were aware of some memorial plaques at the pool so we thought it was right to get someone in to do some more checking," he says.

"Obviously now it appears as though there could be a number of burials that happened there.

"It's a very sensitive matter so we decided to get these specialists in to try and check out what we could find."

A couple of long-time Blackwater residents and a former Duaringa Shire Council officer have confirmed that there was an old burial ground at the site of the Blackwater Pool which was opened in 1970.

Mayor Maguire says all work was halted at the aquatic centre redevelopment on the discovery of the human remains.

He says experts will deliver a report to council within a few days to provide more information.

"They've utilised some radar that they can use to see through the earth and there have been a number of sites identified," says Mayor Maguire.

He says council is also looking at historical records to find additional information about the site.

"Our staff are chasing up some historical records and they found some aerial photographs so we're trying to get as many aerial photographs to give us an indication of what might show up on aerial photographs going back to whatever years," he says.

"We're now expecting to find more burial sites and we certainly need to be sensitive to that so this is obviously a situation that is going to develop over time."